Intel Corporation
Methods and device for drone-based network management

Abstract:

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to operate in a management infrastructure, wherein the management infrastructure includes multiple layers that manage components of a radio communication network for a network provider, the UAV including a vehicle drive arrangement, and one or more processors configured to execute program code for a first layer of the management infrastructure to provide services to one or more first devices in a layer different from the first layer, identify a triggering condition for changing layers in the management infrastructure, identify a second layer of the management infrastructure to change to, and execute program code for the second layer to provide services to one or more second devices in a layer different from the second layer.